Nation: Man arrested in bank bomb plot

SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI arrested a San Jose man as he went through the motions of detonating what he believed to be a car bomb in front of a Northern California bank, federal authorities said Friday.

FBI agents arrested Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, Thursday night near a Bank of America branch in Oakland. Llaneza had minutes earlier parked an SUV in front of the bank believing the vehicle contained an explosive rigged to detonate from a cellphone command, authorities said.

The FBI says Llaneza expressed support for the Taliban and had hoped the bombing would be blamed on anti-government activists and would somehow spark a civil war.

NORTH CAROLINA

2 more Marines face charges over video 0f corpses

RALEIGH - Two more Marines face criminal charges over a 2011 YouTube video showing members of a scout sniper platoon urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

The U.S. Marine Corps announced Friday that Sgt. Robert W. Richards faces charges including dereliction of duty and violating orders. Military prosecutors say he filmed himself and others urinating on the corpses.

Capt. James V. Clement faces charges that include conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman for failing to properly supervise junior Marines and making false statements.

FLORIDA

Now contrite, jailed teen keeps fingers to herself

MIAMI - The young woman who received 30 days in jail for contempt for making an obscene gesture at a Miami-Dade judge, apologized Friday and received a reduced sentence.

Penelope Soto, 18, returned to Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat's courtroom Friday looking shy and scared. Days earlier, she had angered the judge by her reaction to the bond he set in her drug possession case.

The judge vacated her $10,000 bond and remaining jail time, but issued a warning: Get help.